Department for Communities and Local Government

Non-domestic Rates

Chris Ruane: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what proportion of small businesses paid business rates in each year for which data is available.

Mr Marcus Jones: It is the responsibility of local authorities to determine eligibility for Small Business Rates Relief.According to the latest data available for 2017-18, 659,845 rateable properties will benefit from Small Business Rate Relief. Of these, 617,845 will receive 100 per cent relief and 41,499 will receive relief tapering from 100 per cent to 0 per cent. Therefore, only 6 per cent of rateable properties in receipt of Small Business Rate Relief are liable for any rates at all.

High Rise Flats: Fire Extinguishers

Emma Reynolds: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what plans his Department has to require sprinklers to be installed inside all tower blocks, including in privately-owned tower blocks in (a) Wolverhampton and (b) England.

Alok Sharma: Holding answer received on 13 September 2017



The Government will consider this issue in light of the Independent Review on Building Regulations and Fire Safety, the findings of the Public Inquiry and on going work to review building safety.

Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Housing: Insulation

Chris Ruane: To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many homes were insulated under national and local government initiatives in each year for which figures are available.

Claire Perry: The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy holds data on the number of insulation measures installed though central Government Schemes. This includes measures delivered through the Carbon Emission Reduction Target (CERT), Community Energy Saving Programme (CESP), Warm Front, Energy Company Obligation (ECO) and the Green Deal. This excludes insulation fitted to new homes. Figures are not held centrally on additional delivery through local government initiatives. Figures for delivery of energy efficiency measures, including insulation, under Central Government schemes are published by the Department in regular Household Energy Efficiency National Statistics reports. Table 1.2 of the June 2017 headline report shows that between January 2013 and April 2017 almost 1,738,000 individual households had energy efficiency measures installed through ECO or under the Green Deal Framework. These figures include almost 696,000 heating measures but some of those households will also have received insulation measures. Prior to 2013 only the number of measures is available not the households treated.https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/household-energy-efficiency-national-statistics-headline-release-june-2017 Installation yearHouseholds receiving energy efficiency measures2013445,0002014634,0002015359,0002016269,000Jan-Apr 201755,000  Households with measures installed through more than one delivery mechanism-24,000  Total households with measures since 20131,738,000